Retrieving serial number from toshiba laptop?

I have a friend that has a really messed up laptop, well, operating system. He claims it is really slow, applications don't work etc. So he asked me to format and install windows again, so I am going to do that.

He has Windows Vista that came with his toshiba laptop. I am just wondering if anyone knows how I could get the serial number from it for when I install windows again? He has no disk and does not know the serial number.

Also another quick question, it would be an OEM key so would I need an oem copy of windows to use the key or would retail be fine too?

I have a friend that has a really messed up laptop, well, operating system. He claims it is really slow, applications don't work etc. So he asked me to format and install windows again, so I am going to do that.

He has Windows Vista that came with his toshiba laptop. I am just wondering if anyone knows how I could get the serial number from it for when I install windows again? He has no disk and does not know the serial number.

Also another quick question, it would be an OEM key so would I need an oem copy of windows to use the key or would retail be fine too?

Thanks,
iNO12

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Read the stickies..The oem slp serials may interest you, as will the certificates..

"Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know everything in this life has purpose.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from."

~Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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I have a friend that has a really messed up laptop, well, operating system. He claims it is really slow, applications don't work etc. So he asked me to format and install windows again, so I am going to do that.

He has Windows Vista that came with his toshiba laptop. I am just wondering if anyone knows how I could get the serial number from it for when I install windows again? He has no disk and does not know the serial number.

Also another quick question, it would be an OEM key so would I need an oem copy of windows to use the key or would retail be fine too?

Thanks,
iNO12

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my toshiba xp laptop came with a vista upgrade but until sp1 i also had probs,still ran like a bag of garbage even with major ram upgrade, tosh usually install a lot of junk you dont need so i first just did a clean install using just default drivers,laptop still slow gone back to xp pro.